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E. FOX.. Steam-Gookig Apparatus.

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E. FOX. Stearmooking Apparatus.

No, 224,672. Patented Feb. 17, 1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCEe EDWARD EOX, OE BROOKLYN, NEW `YORK, AssieNoR 'ro KIERAN EGAN,

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`STEAIVI COOKING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 224,672, dated February 17, 1880.

i Application tiled May 28, 1879.

To all whom tt may concern:

Beit known that I, EDWARD FOX, of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, have invented an Improvement in -Steam Cooking Appara- 5 tus, of which the followingI is a speciiication. Ranges and other devices for cooking have been heated by steam contained in a jacket or surrounding case, and in other cooking devices the heat has been obtained by gas or va 1o por burners.

I make use of steam for heating the cookingvessels, and I regulate the temperature ofthe steam and the heat from the same by the action ot' a gas or vapor burner upon the steampipe to superheat the steam.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of the range longitudinally. Fig. 2 is a plan ot' said range at the line cc x, and Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the range at the line zo y y.

The various plates ot the stove or range forming the case thereof are to be made of either cast or wrought metal, and they are to be bolted together', or secured in any conven- 2 5 ient manner so as to be steam-tight.

The bottom plate, a, is supported upon legs b b, and to this the side plates, c c, and back plate, d, are connected, and the top plate, c, is upon the side plates and end plates and bolted 3o thereto.

The ovenf is made of top, bottom, side, and back plates, and it is secured to a rim or frame so that the edges are made steam-tight, and

- there 'is a door, h, to the oven, the same being made as hereinafter specilied.

The cooking' spaces or vessels are of any desired character. I have shown the broilingplate Zin the top of the range, with a gravygutter around it leading to the spout 2, from 4o which the gravy is drawn, and the material to be fried or broiled is preferably laid upon a plate or grating so as not to come into direct contact, and there should be a cover to retain the heat.

At m is a vessel for boiling or baking, the viands being placed into the same from the top and covered down. Usually the substance to be cooked willbe placed in a pan and then introduced into this vessel m. A similar ves- 5o sel, a, is also represented, the same being slightly conical, so that theA removable vessel o, made in the shape of a pail, can be introduced or withdrawn. When in place the surfaces otl the vessel 0 should touch the interior ofthe stationary vessel n.

I will now describe the features ot' novelty to which my invention particularly relates.

Heretbt'ore it has been usual to introduce steam between the case and the various cook# ingvessels; butin orderto obtain'the required 60 heat the steam had to be Linder considerable pressure. This rendered it dangerous, and also necessitated heavy and strong cooking. stoves or ranges.

I superheatthe steam previous toits pas sage into the stove. Foi this purpose the steam-supply pipe p is connected with the coil q, that is above a burner, r, for gas, `vapor, or other suitable combustible material, and this super-heats the steam in its passage to the pipe s, that conveys the said steam to the space below the broiler and above the oven, so as to act the most powerfully when the materials acted upon require the highest temperature. The steam then fills the entire steam-spaces of 7 5 the stove, and the water of condensation or the cooled steam is allowed to escape :from the pipe t.

In order to utilize the heat of the burner r,

I apply the same and the steam-coil beneath 8o the bottom plate of the stove or range, and I make a false bottom, s', of nou-conducting material, such as asbestos and plaster, and I leave a chamber between the same and the bottom of the oven, into which scraps of sheet metal or similar substances are introduced, that will absorb heat and prevent the loss of the same with the escaping' products of coinbustion.

The oven-door is made of two thicknesses, 9o so as to be hollow, and there is a space at the bottom edge that is adjacent to the space between the false bottom s and the bottom a, so that the heated products of combustion will ascend into the oven-door and heat the same, and thereby promote the cooking operation within the oven.

rlhe pipe t takes the place of the ordinary water-back in a range, the same being connected at its ends with the hot-water vessel roo at two places, one above the other, so that the water circulates through this pipe and heats the contents of the hot-water vessel.

I make use of a steam-digester for bringing the heated steam, under pressure, into direct contact with the food to be cooked, so as to effect the thorough cooking operation very rapidly.

The vessel u is preferably ot' a larger size at the bottom than at the top. It is provided with a cover, o, that is removable, and can be closed steam-tight. I have shown the same as screwed upon the neck of the digester. A valve, 5, admits steam from the steam-space of the range directly into this digester for the purposes aforesaid. The cock and pipe 7 allow the liquid portions ot' the digester to be withdrawn I am aware that in broiling and frying applianees there has been a gutter around the portion upon which the meat is placed, into which gutter the gravy passes.

I am also aware that a cover has been used with a gridiron and with a frying-pan. I therefore do not claim any such device in it self or in a steam cooking apparatus.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination, in a cooking apparatus, of vessels for containing the food to be cooked, and surrounding steam jacket or case with steam-space, of a steam-supply pipe and aI burner or heater to superheat the steam, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a steam cooking the range, a burner to superheat the steam,

and a false bottom to retain and utilize the products of combustion, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, in a steam cooking apparatus, of a steam-supply pipe, a superheat* ing-burner, a false bottom, an oven, and an oven-door formed hollow, and into which the products of combustion pass, substantially as set forth.

4. In a steam cooking apparatus, the combination, with the case, of a digester provided with a removable cover that can be closed steam-tight and a valve that admits steam directly into the digester, substantially as set forth.

5. In a steam cooking apparatus, the combination, with the steam-supply pipe and the superheating-burner, of the false bottom s and the pieces of sheet or other metal Within the space for the products ot combustion, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 22d day of May, A. D. 1879;

EDWARD FOX.

Witnesses WILLIAM Gr. Morir, GEO. T. PINCKNEY. 

